Stratford College hosts in-person debate with St Colmcille’s Community School

On Monday the 9th of March, Stratford Junior and Senior debate teams hosted St Colmcille’s Community School for an engrossing morning of debates.

Stratford College Students participate in Local Enterprise Week

As part of Local Enterprise Week, Stratford College students who will be taking part in the Dublin City Student Enterprise on 23rd March 2026, showcased their companies to the student body.  Good luck to all participants.

Stratford celebrates Purim and World Book Week

On Monday 2nd March we commenced the week long celebration of Purim and World Book Week. There were many different "fancy dresses" for each day, and full dress up day on World Book Day, Thursday.  We celebrated Purim this year with the first year Jewish students presenting our Purim Assembly this year, shared the story of Purim, traditions and customs, as well as handing out delicious 'Hamantaschan' cookies for the whole school on Tuesday, 3rd March.

Thank you to the Jewish Studies and English Departments for organising this and for all the students and staff who participated.

5th Year Computer Science students visit Google HQ

The 5th Year Computer Science class visited Google HQ, Barrow Street on Friday 6th March to participate in an event celebrating International Women's Day with Ms O'Kelly and Dr McAdoo. We heard from many inspiring female Google engineers about their varied academic studies and career paths.

1st Year History Students design their own newspapers

Students were tasked with the activity to design their own newspaper called "The Roman Times".

All students submitted excellent entries as part of a 3 week homework task. It was challenging to say the least for staff to select winners! Here are some flavours of the calibre, creativity, innovation and outstanding knowledge and application.

Skittles the Snake visits Stratford College

Thanks to Abi for bringing Skittles into our 1st year Classics class on the importance of snakes in ancient Greece. Thankfully nobody was petrified 😁

Stratford in the Media - Irish Examiner 4th March 2026

Stratford Principal Nathan Barrett asks will the great educational talking shop result in a plan or just more homework?  

Read the full article in the Irish Examiner here.

Sound Composer Visits Drama, Film & Theatre Studies class

The 5th Year Drama, Film and Theatre Studies class had a wonderful masterclass with Sound Designer and Composer Jody Trehy last week. Jody spoke to the class about his experience working in the music industry in Dublin, and his passion for musicals, and particularly how they are an under-appreciated artform, with great potential for subversion. He described the different roles of producer, director and composer, the process and challenges with getting projects funded, and the amount of dedication and years of work that's involved. 

TY Weekly: Leaving Certificate Subject Choice, GoQuest, Climbing

TYs are busy experiencing and exploring Leaving Cert subject choices. There are also a variety of expeditions to GoQuest and BLOC Climbing centre. Ciara in TY reports on all the latest workshops and events in 4th Year!

Senior Cycle Subject Fair for Transition Year Students

On Thursday 26th February Transition Year students participated in a Senior Cycle Subject Fair. In session one we had an opportunity to speak with 5th years about the subjects they had chosen.  During session 2, the teachers presented their individual subjects to us outlining curriculum content and assessment details.  Next, students have the chance to sit in on senior cycle classes.  Hopefully we will be well informed in advance of picking our subjects for Leaving Cert.